Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters

Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters is a museum in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, which is located on Mercer Road. Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters is situated near the lighthouse Sandy Hook Light, as well as near the school Marine Academy of Science and Technology.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook Light.

Sandy Hook

Photo: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandy Hook is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It is owned by the Federal Government and most is managed by the National Park Service as one of three units comprising Gateway National Recreation Area.

Sandy Hook Light

Lighthouse

Photo: MichaelMottl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.

Marine Academy of Science and Technology

School

Photo: Ghostmix, CC0.

The Marine Academy of Science and Technology is a coeducational four-year magnet public high school located in the Sandy Hook section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. Marine Academy of Science and Technology is situated 740 feet southeast of Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Hilton.

Fort Hancock

Hamlet

Photo: Wikijazz, Public domain.

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.

Hilton

Hamlet

Atlantic Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,414, an increase of 29 from the 2010 census count of 4,385, which in turn reflected a decline of 320 from the 4,705 in the 2000 census. Hilton is situated 3½ miles south of Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters.

Waterwitch

Hamlet

Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. Waterwitch is situated 3½ miles south of Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters.

Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters

Type: Museum
Address: Mercer Road, Fort Hancock, NJ
Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Middletown, Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.46163° or 40° 27′ 42″ north

Longitude

-74.00217° or 74° 0′ 8″ west

Established

1764

Operator

Gateway National Park

Open location code

87G7FX6X+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 265511413

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=lighthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Battery Granger and Sandy Hook Chapel.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Sarah Patterson Johnson and Sandy Hook Light.

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